What is CVE-2025-38599?

CVE-2025-38599 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-08-19.

How severe is CVE-2025-38599?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Linux

CVE-2025-38599

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: Fix possible OOB access in mt7996_tx() Fis possible Out-Of-Boundary access in mt7996_tx routine if link_id is set to IEEE80211_LINK_UNSPECIFIED

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (10.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 3ce8acb86b6614b9f7af794f119f9627efe6b302, 6.15, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38599?: CVE-2025-38599 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2025-38599?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.